Diana Panton - Christmas Kiss '2018

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Kissing By The Mistletoe (feat. Guido Basso, Reg Schwager & Don Thompson)
02. Baby Its Cold Outside (feat. Harrison Kennedy, Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
03. Christmas Kiss (feat. Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
04. Winter Weather (feat. Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
05. Cest Noel Cheri (Mami) (feat. Don Thompson)
06. Winter Wonderland (feat. Guido Basso, Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
07. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (feat. Don Thompson)
08. December (feat. Guido Basso, Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
09. Snowbound (feat. Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
10. Winter Warm (feat. Don Thompson)
11. The Christmas Waltz (feat. Guido Basso, Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
12. Christmas Time Is Here (feat. Reg Schwager & Don Thompson)
13. Let It Snow! / Cest Lhiver (feat. Don Thompson, Guido Basso & Reg Schwager)
14. Images Of Christmas (feat. Guido Basso, Don Thompson & Reg Schwager)
15. Douce Nuit / Silent Night (feat. Don Thompson)

Diana Panton’s latest release, Christmas Kiss, is a delightful mixture of
carefully selected chestnuts, obscure gems and new originals. This album is sure
to become a seasonal favourite! “The quality and the mood of the music on
this album is very different from your typical seasonal disc; you don’t
have to play it only in December. Personally, I could listen to this recording
all year long.” (Guido Basso). Since her initial album release,
Panton’s career has been gathering steady momentum. Her ethereal voice
and strong aesthetic vision have garnered her numerous honours, including two
previous JUNO Award nominations, two Silver Disc Awards in Japan, a host of
Canadian and U.S. indie nominations, as well Top 10 sales chart success in
Taiwan and Hong Kong. Her work has been consistently praised by listeners and
music critics alike for its unique vocal delivery, exceptional song selection,
quality musicianship and audio fidelity. 

The quality and the mood of the music in this album are very different from your
typical seasonal recording. You don’t have to play it only in December.
You can listen to it all year long and really get your money out of it.
Diana’s voice is in top form here; she is like an instrument. Listening
to this record with its beautiful arrangements makes one feel content, warm &
cozy. 

With a purr as smooth as whipped egg nog, Panton makes Christmas Kiss a sprig of
audio mistletoe, backed by the light touch of jazz trio trumpeter Guido Basso,
guitarist Reg Schwager and Don Thompson on bass, piano and vibraphone. (Stephen
Cooke, The Chronicle Herald) 

[...] Diana Panton [is] a sensitive singer with a lovely voice who brings a warm
glow to all 15 tracks on Christmas Kiss. She deftly uses gossamer shading and
rhythmic subtlety to recondition conservative picks like “Winter
Wonderland” and more thoughtfully chosen tunes, such as Ted
Shapiro’s 1941 composition “Winter Weather” and John Leslie
McFarland’s “Kissing by the Mistletoe.” (Frank John Hadley,
DownBeat)

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